Ric Flair details rejected pitch he had for Sting’s AEW retirement match

Ric Flair wanted to betray Sting one final time before Sting ended his in-ring career.

During a Monday appearance on Busted Open Radio, Flair detailed an idea he had for Sting’s retirement match at AEW Revolution. He wanted the match to go exactly as it did except he would have turned heel and gotten laid out by Sting at the end. Flair believes the crowd would have loved it, and he thinks it would have given him a direction to go in as a heel in AEW after Revolution.

“I wanted those guys to have the same match, but at the end, you know, instead of leaving me laying there like that, just keep me on the outside the whole time. At the end, as Sting is standing there and those guys are gone, I jump on Sting — boom, boom, boom, one big move to me, puts the Scorpion on me, and we go off the way we started 31 years ago,” Flair said. “You know what I mean? It would have blown the roof off the joint. And it would have made me a heel so I had somewhere to go, because it’s just hard to get the people to get mad at me now.”

Revolution took place from Greensboro, North Carolina this March and ended with Sting capping off his career with a victory. Sting & Darby Allin defeated The Young Bucks to retain the AEW Tag Team titles and then vacated the belts after their win.

Flair was laid out by a double superkick from The Young Bucks during the Revolution match. He told Busted Open Radio that he thinks a lot of fans were disappointed that he didn’t turn against Sting.

“They looked at me like I had seven different things,” Flair said about pitching the idea. “I don’t think Tony [Khan] knew that I was on blood thinners. I’ve been doing all that sh*t for all these years. I’ve had that blood clot since 2012. Tony, if he asked me once, he asked me 10 times, he said, ‘Do not cut yourself, please.’”

While laughing, Flair indicated that he hasn’t heard back from AEW since Revolution.

Flair was in AEW as part of Sting’s retirement tour. Dave Meltzer confirmed last week that Flair’s time in AEW appears to be over with the promotion having no future creative plans for him.

On Busted Open Radio, Flair praised Revolution as a great show and said Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita was one of the best matches he’s seen in a long time. He also had kind words for MJF, The Young Bucks, and Kenny Omega.